Charlie Sheen Agrees to Get Roasted by Comedy Central

In a perfect match, Charlie Sheen has agreed to be the subject of Comedy Central's celebrity roast series, meaning that in September the fallen Two and a Half Men star will presumably get another paycheck and we'll get a few more decent #winning jokes out of the affair. In the accompanying press release, Sheen notes the obvious: "You could say I've been providing kindling for this Roast for a while." He adds: "It's time to light it up. It's going to be epic." The series, to be filmed on September 10th and airing on the 19th of the month, has already produced memorable roasts of David Hasselhoff, Larry the Cable Guy, Bog Saget, Pamela Anderson and others. We're hoping that Sheen can commandeer the podium at least as well as Donald Trump did when he torched The Situation earlier this year:

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